- 1. n. The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation or appropriateness. Source: opted
- 2. n. the quality of being alien or not native Source: wordnet
- 3. The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation or appropriateness. Let not the foreignness of the subject hinder you from endeavoring to set me right. Locke. A foreignness of complexion. G. Eliot. Source: webster
- 4. The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation orappropriateness.Let not the foreignness of the subject hinder you from endeavoring toset me right. Locke.A foreignness of complexion. G. Eliot. Source: adambom
- 5. n:100 n. the quality of being alien or not native Source: ecdict
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